Go Home Show For Grand Princess, Takeshita Vs Shunma In USA, GLEAT x DDT

March 13, 2024

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 SPRING”, 16/03/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Rika Tatsumi Vs Mahiro Kiryu Vs Uta Takami
2. Kaya Toribami Vs Kira Summer
3. Maki Itoh & Shino Suzuki Vs Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase
4. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI
5. Wakana Uehara & Toga Vs Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo
6. Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima Vs Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta

This will be the last proper Tokyo Joshi Pro show before “GRAND PRINCESS ’24” at the end of the month. There’s a few small scale sideshows coming up but this is pretty much the go home show. So it’s the final chance for Miyu Yamashita and Miu Watanabe to square off in non-title action as well as Yuki Aino against Daisy Monkey.

The show also has some returns. Maki Itoh will be back from America as the brand new GCW Extreme Champion. Also Runa Okubo has her first match since the start of January.

Hyper Misao is still out of action with a lower back injury. She hasn’t been booked for either of the side TJPW shows coming up so her return will be at Sumo Hall.

DDT “DDT GOES PHILADELPHIA!”, 04/04/2024
Penn’s Landing Caterers Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos Vs Bryan Keith & Shota
2. Special Single Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko
3. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Mike Bailey

Two more matches added to the DDT USA show. The big one is Konosuke Takeshita facing his old buddy Shunma Katsumata! Last year’s show was a chance for Takeshita to see what Yuki Ueno is like without him. Now it is Katsumata’s turn to step up to him.

A CCK reunion is on the card! Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos are back together for a match against the wild card pairing of Bryan Keith & Shota.

DDT “EARLY SUMMER BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING – DAY 2”, 17/05/2024
Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage

1. Danshoku Dieno Birthday Eve Commemorative Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs X

Two Beer Garden shows will be happening right before Danshoku Dieno’s birthday. He is getting a special match on the second show to celebrate it.

GLEAT/DDT “GLEAT VER. &”, 06/06/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

This was announced earlier today during the GLEAT show at Korakuen Hall. Their 6th June show at the same venue will be a collaboration with DDT wrestlers. I’ll wait and see how much of the show will be built around GLEAT Vs DDT matches.

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Nao Kakuta To Graduate From TJPW And Retire In July

March 13, 2024

A press conference was held by Tokyo Joshi Pro today for Nao Kakuta. She announced she will be graduating from TJPW and retire from pro wrestling at the end of July. It was a decision she had thought about for a while. Last year was when she made up her mind and had talks with Tetsuya Koda to finish up in 2024. Kakuta said when she discovered TJPW she was able to fall in love with wrestling even more and experienced so many things she never would have elsewhere. She has worked as a civil servant, a stage actress and a pro wrestler so now she has a new goal in life. She is going to take a break before taking her next step and moving on to accomplish that goal. She will reveal what that is when her plans surrounding it become more concrete.

There is a stage play she currently has a role in that may continue after she retires from wrestling but once that gig is finished she will not be taking any further jobs that put her in front of an audience or the public eye. When making this decision she thought about continuing her wrestling career on a part time basis but felt it would get in the way of her new goal. She made it clear that her graduation and retirement is not happening because of an injury.

Kakuta said her most memorable moments in TJPW were getting to wrestle Mizuki one on one and also winning the Princess Tag Team Titles. She believes she has done everything she could as a wrestler in TJPW. She has a few opponents in mind that she asked Koda to book her with for her last few months here. She has not decided on who her final opponent will be. Instead she is hopeful she gets to smile in the ring during the 10 bell salute for her retirement.

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